L.A. Times Daily - Jan 16 2022

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Clues Answers
"... without trying to change me" ASIAM
"Chase those guys!" GETEM
"Dies __": hymn IRAE
"Heart Blanche" rapper Green CEELO
"Now __ talking!" YOURE
"See ya" LATER
"We should just skip it" LETSNOT
"What a relief!" PHEW
"You better believe I'll fight!" OHITSON
*Bridge holdings sufficient to start the bidding with OPENINGHANDS
*Cardiologist's dietary concern HYDROGENATEDFAT
*Cube in a bowl LUMPOFSUGAR
*Inverness native HIGHLANDSCOT
*Like one of two parents, often STAYATHOME
*Software design considerations LOOKANDFEEL
*When many grab a bite COMMERCIALBREAK
1971 Fonda/Sutherland film KLUTE
@@@ ATS
Amazon and others, locally RIOS
Ames native IOWAN
Animal rights org PETA
Art movement since the '70s HIPHOP
Atoll, say ISLE
Barely clear of the bottom AWEIGH
Beyond repair TOTALED
Big celebrations FETES
Bio or chem SCI
Bob Hope venue USOTOUR
Break down PARSE
Brouhahas TODOS
Cool giant SSTAR
Correct the pitch of TUNE
Credited in a note CITED
Cruiser's milieu SEA
Den piece OTTOMAN
Director Craven WES
Doctor's office posting HOURS
Drei squared NEUN
Dynamic start? AERO
Each APIECE
Ecru relative TAN
Eight pts GAL
Eighteen-wheelers RIGS
End of an iconic speech ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues can have? FREEATLAST
English __ CHANNEL
Enter with caution EASEIN
Env. insert ENC
ER readouts EKGS
Facebook option LIKE
Fannie of "Fried Green Tomatoes" fame FLAGG
Feeling SENSE
Felt WAS
Fired at the table? FLAMBE
First name in '70s Olympics gymnastics OLGA
Food preservation method CANNING
For mature audiences RRATED
Four-time Grammy-nominated metal band PANTERA
Fragrant compounds ESTERS
Genetic carriers DNAS
Get energy from FEEDOFF
Girl Scout group PATROL
Gorp bit RAISIN
Gram prefix TELE
Green-skinned "Return of the Jedi" girl OOLA
Has the ability to CAN
Highest Scrabble tile point value TEN
In different places APART
Insurance giant AETNA
Iranian language FARSI
Island that's the first word of The Beach Boys' "Kokomo" ARUBA
Clues Answers
It's quarry HIDER
Jack or jenny ASS
Jargon ending SPEAK
Knight's ride STEED
L in a box score LOSS
Large green moth LUNA
Law school accrediting org ABA
Lingerie item BRA
Luke, to Darth SON
Lundi follower MARDI
Makes less dense THINS
Many hybrid dogs, casually POOS
Maria __ Trapp VON
May bouquet words TOMOM
Mulberry family fruit FIGS
Mystery's Gardner ERLE
N.T. book EPH
Navel variety INNIE
None too worldly NAIVE
Obsessed (on) DWELT
On a pension: Abbr RETD
On the train ABOARD
Once named NEE
One of 21, or sometimes 20 CONSONANT
Partaking of HAVING
Picked around in, as a junkyard SCAVENGED
Plannin' to GONNA
Pre-revelry nights EVES
Queen's subject ANT
Raison d'__ ETRE
Rimes of country LEANN
Rio Grande city LAREDO
Rock groups? ORES
Rodents on wheels, perhaps PETMICE
Rolls and binds FURLS
Salamanca souls ALMAS
Sales rep's upsell OPTION
Shopping area loiterer MALLRAT
Sling on a phone TVAPP
Slowing, to an orch RIT
Snacks BITES
Snuck CREPT
Some hostel visitors YOUTHS
Sonny & Cher hit DUET
Start to finish? PHOTO
Strong textile LINEN
Sty fare SLOP
Sunlit courts ATRIA
Sushi-grade tuna AHI
They know the ropes PROS
Tour de France saison ETE
Town BURG
Trade gp ASSN
Trendy type often parodied on "Portlandia" HIPSTER
Turkish bread LIRAS
Unchains LIBERATES
Underground conduit SEWER
United WED
Venomous snake MAMBA
Virtual name that means "beautiful woman who leads you to victory" in Norwegian SIRI
Vitals checker, briefly EMT
Windy City rail initials CTA
Word before party or math AFTER
Wrestling foes GRAPPLERS
Zest TANG
Zones AREAS
__ state RED
__-à-porter: ready-to-wear PRET
__City: computer game SIM
__Sweet: sugar substitute NUTRA